| AFTERYOU | A phrase used in yielding precedence (5,3) |
| ERGASOL | United States takes time in yielding, which could leave it high and dry |
| EUSTASY | United States takes time in yielding, which could leave it high and dry |
| CHINCHIN | Phrase used in a toast (4-4) |
| LOCALISM | Phrase used in these parts |
| BUZZWORD | Fashionable phrase used in phone call, given news |
| PASSWORD | Secret phrase used in order to gain admission (8) |
| SUIJURIS | Latin phrase used in law to refer to someone as legally competent (3,5) |
| SUNKEN | A mistletoe root; a US word for a doughnut; an unbuoyant person or thing, such as a weight; or, part of fishing-tackle that, with "hook" and "line", is referenced in a phrase used to mean "completely" |
| NOHARM | First-half-of-a-phrase-used-to-forgive-a-benign-mistake |
| BEAUMONDE | From the French meaning "beautiful world", a phrase used to describe the "bon ton"; or, a variety of |
| YOURETOAST | A phrase used to indicate that the person being addressed is in deep trouble |
| OMEGA | Greek letter, second part of a phrase used as a title for Jesus (5) |
| HEARYE | A phrase used for introducing an official announcement (4,2) |
| INREM | Latin phrase used in law meaning "against a thing" (2,3) |
| EASYTERMS | Phrase used in a hire purchase agreement (4,5) |
| SLOGAN | Work hard on a new phrase used in advertising (6) |
| PAPERTIGER | Film starring David Niven; or, a phrase used to describe something that seems threatening but is act |
| OPENSESAME | Oscar writes English just like a phrase used by Ali Baba (4,6) |
| ENPRISE | French phrase used in chess to denote a pawn exposed to capture (2,5) |
